Intellectual Property Manifesto for the UK

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 2, 2006 @05:41PM from the countdown-to-quashed-in-3-2-1 dept.

feepcreature writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the British Library has published a Manifesto calling for a balance in Intellectual Property rights between the interests of users, creators and publishers. There are 6 key recommendations, including: DRM should not override users' statutory rights; analogue rights should apply to digital media; and copyright terms should not be extended without evidence that this would be good for society. There is also part of the debate on the UK Government's Gowers review of Intellectual Property, due to report in the Autumn."

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Around and around.. by beefcake1942 · 2006-10-02 17:51 · Score: -1, Redundant

These arguments have been said a million times before. DRM shouldn't infringe on user's rights, etc etc. The problem is, the simple inclusion of DRM at all usually infringes on those rights, so how can the two coexist?